Confirmed as appearing at the event so far are K-ON!, Yumekui Merry and Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru. Amagami SS was previously listed but seems to have disappeared from the line-up.

The appearance of service and schoolgirl romance-laden titles at Ishihara’s own event is of course rank hypocrisy on the part of both publishers and the Tokyo government.

Their inclusion is thanks to the efforts of Tokyo station TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System Television), who are operating a booth on the event’s business-oriented days:

They claim their booth is solely set up with the intent of introducing the titles to “foreign buyers,” although several of the titles are already licensed and it would certainly be hoped that no international distributors would be so unwise as to directly support the destruction of their own industry by the outrageous antics of Ishihara and company.

Several other major anime-related companies, including the likes of Bandai, Bones, Ghibli, Gonzo, Good Smile, Sunrise, Toei, ufotable and Xebec are still participating in the event in various capacities.

Even US events such as Otakon have shamefully thrown their lot in with TAF and failed to withdraw their participation.

Japanese fans have already proclaimed their outrage, with many vowing to cease their disc purchases as a direct result of the producers allowing their titles to appear at the event through the sly backdoor tactic of allowing a TV station to do their dirty work for them.

Certainly, it would be utterly reprehensible for publishers and creators to oppose an Ishihara-sponsored event only to allow their wares to go on display under the auspices of other companies – hopefully they will yet heed the outrage of their customers and prevent their products from appearing at the event.

I used to think that if any studio would protest against such defamatory laws, it would be Ghibli...but look at this. Nothing. I like most of their old movies but it seems they can't muster any civic courage when it is necessary.

I-I don't know what to say to this... Studio Ghibli, I can somewhat accept. Miyazaki prolly earnestly believes that he wouldn't be effected by this law (under it, even HIS movies could prolly be banned). but some of these others, I almost feel sorry for, because I loved their previous works. I get the feeling that they are the people who would rather continue there lives in censorship, all their future animes praising the senile old Ani-Christ Ishihara, than lose their economic standing. To them, I quote "Those who would trade freedom for protection deserve neither" and to those still fighting the Ani-Christ, I say "ROW ROW, FIGHT THE POWA!"

I wouldn't say death, but a nice banishment to China or North Korea would be nice, so that they can learn what it means to censor ones freedoms, and why it's bad. Though maybe Ishihara should just be locked up in some insane asylum, he's already beyond help.

I'm disappointed with Gonzo, and K-On now...
COMON!!! EVEN XEBEC !? what they expect, they did done most of the most ecchis animes I ever see, like:
Kanokon, ladies x buttlers , To love-ru!
What they expect Ishihara going like pat up their heads?!?!

if the fans attend the event, then all the bullshit we read online is from the few misguided souls.

if the fans boycott the event and even withhold from purchasing good from those who participated. Then what we read online does reflect what the fans think, and it will mean that the Japanese otakura have finally learned their lesson: Destroying your existing goods have no impact, withholding the purchase of more good does have a _big_ impact.

God, what took you so long, @Uncommonotaku? That's for fucking with me and one of my forum topics. What part of DON'T FUCK WITH ME didn't you understand huh? Don't worry, I'll change my name back since I pissed you off.

Well to me the characters are not appealing. But that's just a matter of taste in character design.

Actually, I don't really consider Miyazaki films anime. Their purposes of existence are very different. IMO, Ghibli is primarily targeted at a foreign audience who enjoy films and what we generally call anime is not. So they aren't all that comparable.

@Achiuakuna: There are many Japanese who'll identify Ghibli movies first when it comes to anime, even among young people. Normally people graduate from watching anime when leaving high school (university at the latest), so they don't watch or know any currently airing series once they have entered the working world - except those which they might see in the cinema or as a movie in a prime time tv broadcast slot.

ANONYMOUS! NOW IS THE TIME TO HAVE YOUR VOICES HEARD IN JAPAN! SHOW THEM THAT ANONYMOUS IS WATCHING THEM AND TAKING THEIR FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!

the internet citizens strongly oppose Shintaro's reign and it is now time to give ISHIHARA what they need!

a massive protest ruling pout that Ishihara's time to retire is now! 'he still thinks Japan has common sense'
support operation 2D3D4D and give ANONYMOUS THE VOICE TO TELL ISHIHARA THAT his time is now!

I can't really blame Otakon too much. The business choices are slim pickings and hopefully there will be other conventions around to co-promote with.

As for many of those shows, they're already largely slated for a Western release anyway. I guess they are just using it to finish their due marketing chores. And hopefully they can revolt a bit with a whole new anime fair.

That's very true, and the majority of Japanese youth (those under 30) don't. I cite a conversation I had during a political studies lecture with Prof. Tomoharu Saito from Keio University. It's a sad fact, plus it's a shame that foreigners here can't vote since Ishithara is very much against our foreign, tax-paying, presence here.

Elections are on Sundays, on which most people here have a day off. Also you can also vote by mail.
the problem is the dissatisfaction with the political parties in general. It is not like you can really make out a difference between the major parties and their agendas here in Japan. The lines between the parties are very thin, frequently individual politician or factions within a party change their colours to another.
Even if the younger generation had a choice of their liking, that choice would still lose out against the mass of the middle-aged and elderly voters group.

nothing is wrong, really
we just changed the whole political culture
without realizing it and now we think that the president is like a king who can do anything he wants, and if he does something we don like, well "it cant be helped" the president said so. And sadly this happens in a lot of countries not just japan

After skimming through the list of stuff TBS had its hand in on ANN, I noticed that it's only stuff that they've produced and not just broadcasted, which is probably why it's only K-On! and not also K-On!! listed.

Which makes me ask this question, what if there are multiple producers and one of them disagrees with the other on bringing the anime to TAF?